# Accident 20220820020162A: Boeing A75N1(PT17), Bealton, VA, August 20, 2022 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 20, 2022, 09:07 local time - Place: Bealton, VA - Airport: Flying Circus Aerodrome - Damage: Substantial damage - Collision: Collision on the ground - Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 38.5522° N, 77.7153° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5522&lon=-77.7153&mi=10 - Aircraft: N52652, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52652) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (registry code 1380134, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1(PT17) - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR W670 SERIES - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 2 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot - Pilot flight hours: 5,900 total - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA379](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA379) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220820020162A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. INVESTIGATION. THE PILOT OF LANDING AIRPLANE COMPLETED A PASSENGER RIDE, FINISHING UP AT AROUND 1,500 FT AGL NEAR THE AIRPORT. HE CHECKED THE PATTERN FOR OTHER AIRCRAFT WHILE MAKING A FEW STEEP TURNS. SEEING THAT THE PATTERN WAS CLEAR, HE APPROACHED THE NORTHERN END OF THE RUNWAY IN A SHALLOW DIVE AND MADE A LOW PASS AT APPROXIMATELY 100 TO 200 FEET AGL OVER THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, HEADING TO THE SOUTH. THE LOW PASS WAS NOT OBSERVED BY THE DEPARTING PILOT, WAITING TO DEPART, NOR WAS THE LANDING AIRPLANE'S ENTRY TO THE DOWNWIND FOR LANDING. THE PROCEDURE FOR PATTERN OPERATIONS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS TO MAKE A LOW PASS BEFORE LANDING TO SIGNAL TO DEPARTING AIRCRAFT THAT THE PILOT INTENDED TO LAND. WHEN AN AIRPLANE ON THE GROUND OBSERVES THE LOW PASS BY THE AIRPLANE INTENDING TO LAND, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO HOLD SHORT OF THE END OF THE RUNWAY UNTIL THE LANDING AIRPLANE HAS LANDED AND CLEARED THE RUNWAY, THEN THEY ARE ALLOW TO DEPART. THIS PROCEDURE HAS BEEN A LONG-STANDING PROCEDURE IN EFFECT AT THE AIRPORT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS A MIX OF AIRPLANES THAT OPERATE THERE THAT ARE NOT RADIO EQUIPPED. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, THE PILOT WAITING TO DEPART, WAS THE SECOND AIRPLANE SITTING AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY IN SEQUENCE FOR TAKEOFF. UPON DEPARTURE OF THE AIRPLANE PRECEEDING HIM, HE CHECKED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR OTHER AIRPLANES. OBSERVING NONE, AND BELIEVING THE RUNWAY AND APPROACH PATH TO BE CLEAR, HE TAXIED INTO POSTION AND BEGAN HIS TAKEOFF RUN. LANDING AIRPLANE ON FINAL, AS YET NOT OBSERVED BY AIRPLANE WAITING TO DEPART, APPROACHED THE TREES AT THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY, HE ALSO AGAIN OBSERVED THAT THE RUNWAY AHEAD OF APPEARED TO BE CLEAR AND INITIATED HIS FINAL DESCENT FOR LANDING AS HE PASSED OVER THE TREES ON THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. AS DEPARTING AIRPLANE ACCELERATED DURING HIS TAKEOFF RUN, HE WAS NOT OBSERVED BY THE LANDING PILOT, (NOW IN THE OTHER'S BLIND SPOTS), UNTIL IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO LANDING UNDER THE RIGHT SIDE OF LANDING AIRPLANE JUST AS THEY COLLIDED AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 65 TO 70 MPH (WITH LITTLE TO NO RELATIVE MOTION). THE DEPARTING AIRPLANE WAS SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT OF THE LANDING AIRPLANE, SO THE LANDING AIRPLANE DESCENDED INTO THE DEPARTING AIRPLANE'S TOP LEFT WING. BOTH AIRPLANES DECELERATED, THERE WAS NOISE OF THE COLLISION, AND THE LANDING PLANE TURNED ABOUT 90 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT AND STOPPED. THE DEPARTING AIRPLANE AT THAT TIME HAD COME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN NEARLY RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE NOSE OF THE LANDING AIRPLANE. ONCE ALL MOTION HAD CEASED, THE PILOT OF DEPARTING AIRPLANE CHECKED HIS PASSENGER, WHO WAS SLIGHTLY INJURED, AS WAS THE PILOT. BOTH THEN MOVED TO A SAFE LOCATION. THE LANDING PILOT ALSO CHECKED THE DEPARTING PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER AS WELL AS HIS OWN PASSENGER. EACH PILOT SECURED THEIR RESPECTIVE PLANES. THERE WAS NO FUEL LEAKING FROM EITHER AIRPLANE, AND THERE WAS NO FIRE OR SMOKE. THE AIRPORT GROUND CREW AND OTHER FIRST RESPONDER PERSONNEL RESPONDED WITHOUT DELAY. ## Other aircraft in the event - N55267, Boeing A75N1(PT17): [Accident 20220820020112A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220820020112A) ## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB ERA22LA379](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA379), Aug 20, 2022: Boeing A75N1 (N52652), Bealeton, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot of the departing airplane’s failure to see and avoid the landing airplane before takeoff, resulting in a collision with the landing airplane. Contributing was the airport’s failure to… ## Other reports on N52652 (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 19890422012039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890422012039A), Apr 22, 1989: Boeing A75N1 (N52652), Griffin, GA, Substantial damage. Normal takeoff. Aircraft began to settle. Maintained full throttle till impacted nose high. Suspect wind reversal. - [Accident 19760730020429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760730020429A), Jul 30, 1976: Boeing A75N1 (N52652), Houston, TX, Substantial damage From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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